Wagon-hound.



PATENTED MAR. 5,1907.

,A. H. FREITAG; WAGON HOUND. APPLIo-Ai'ion FILED JULY 2. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WAGON-HOUND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed July 2,1906. Serial No. 324,437.

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST H. FREITAG, a citizen of the United States,residing at C0- lumbia, in the county of Richland and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVagon-Hounds and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved hound for wagons; and it consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the fronttruck of a wagon provided with my improved hound. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view of the hound, taken on the plane indicated by the line aa of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the same, taken on theplane indicated by the line b l) of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a similar viewtaken on the plane indicated by the line 0 c of Fig. 1.

My improved hound is periform, comprising the semicircular portion 1,the straight converging side portions 2, and the parallel extensions 3of said side portions. The said hound is made of a single piece ofangle-steel of L shape in cross-section with the webs uppermost andoutermost, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The extensions 3 receive thetongue (1 between them, the inner end of tongue being secured to a bar6, the ends of which are connected to the converging portions 2 of thehound. In those portions of the hound which are directly above the frontaxle f are blocks 9, which lie in the angles formed in the sides of thehound and are secured in place by the bolts h, which secure the sides ofthe hound on the axle. The rear curved portion of the hound is providedwith a curved wear-block i, which is disposed in the angle thereof, issecured in place by the l bolts 7c, and bears on the reach Z. A houndthus constructed is exceedingly strong and simple, is light, cheap, andextremely durable, and is entirely efficient in operation.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood Without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with an axle, a reach and a tongue, a hound comprising asemicircular portion, inwardly-converging side portions andforwardly-extending parallel extensions of said side portions, said sideportions bearing on the axle, said semicircular portion bearing on thereach, said hound being made of L-angle metal with the webs thereofuppermost and outermost to form hollows in the inner under sides of thehound, blocks in the angles of the side portions and bearing on theaxle, a curved wear-block in the angle of the semicircular portion andbearing on the reach, the said tongue being disposed in the anglesbetween the parallel extensions of the converging side portions, and abar secured transversely on the rear portion of the tongue and havingits ends secured in the angles of the converging side portions,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AUGUST H. FREITAG. Witnesses:

E. M00. CLARKsoN, HUNTER A. GIBBEs.

